JAPAN'S FINANCE MINISTER LOOKS AT QUOTATION BOARD AT TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE, 2002-08-09 (photo)

Japanese Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa smiles as he looks up at the stock quotation board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo August 9, 2002. Shiokawa said he was in favour of more tax incentives for retail investors to help boost Japan's ailing stock market, which earlier this week fell to near its lowest levels since the early 1990s. On Friday, Tokyo stocks jumped 2.04 percent or 200.22 points to 9,999.79, breifly rising above the 10,000 level just as Shiokawa arrived at the exchange. "It was as if it rose because I came. That was really great," he said laughing. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa YN/RCS